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Dr. Nibir Dhar Program Manager
Dr. Nibir Dhar joined the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) in March 2008. As a DARPA program manager he has interest in developing innovative technologies in a broad field that adds value to the warfighter’s objectives. His interests are in the areas of novel architectures in infrared detectors & imaging, nanoelectronics including NEMS/MEMS components, novel materials synthesis techniques, bio-inspired concepts, and new modality power sources and storage.
Dr. Dhar comes from the Army Research Laboratory where he was leading the Integrated Power and Sensing Technology group to develop infrared sensors, soldier portable power sources (solar cells & thermoelectrics), thin films, nanomaterials development and integration of sensor/power technologies. In this capacity, his major responsibility was to develop technologies relevant for the US Army in infrared imagers, solar cells, thermoelectric power, energy sensors and integration of various technologies to align the Army Research Laboratory’s vision and strategic technology initiatives (STI). He served on three Army STI committees – Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, and Microsystems Technology. He also served as the branch chief for the infrared materials & devices branch, electro-optics and photonics division at the Army Research Laboratory. As a branch chief Dr. Dhar was responsible for a wide variety of infrared focal plane array technology including mercury cadmium telluride materials and focal plane arrays (FPA), quantum well infrared photo-detectors, Type-II strained layer superlattice, and quantum dot infrared detectors. He was also responsible for Inter-Band Cascade Lasers.
Prior to joining the Army Research Laboratory, Dr. Dhar worked as a research engineer for the Army’s Research, Development & Engineering center at Night Vision Electronic and Sensors Directorate (NVESD). At NVESD he was primarily working on Infrared FPA. Prior to working at NVESD he worked as an engineer for the Variable Message Systems (VMS), Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) where he worked on feed-back control loops, RF networks and messaging boards. Dr. Dhar also worked as guest scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland and at the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA) LETI at Grenoble, France.
Dr. Dhar received a Masters and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park in the area of Microelectronics and Electro-physics. He received a Bachelors’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from George Mason University. Dr. Dhar has authored numerous papers on various subjects, served as chair person on numerous conferences and committees, and served as co-editor of several conference proceedings. He also mentored and served on eight doctoral thesis advisory committees on various subjects.